Originally posted by amits guys, dont criticise sachin. he is classic.

Don't think anyone is criticising as he is an undoubted class act.

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Originally posted by amits guys, dont criticise sachin. he is classic.

go sachin. 1 more than a billion ppl cheer for u. dont let them down.

Amits, I think this gets to the exact point that this thread is trying to make - there is a hell of a lot of pressure on the great Sachin Tendulkar, because there is the pressure of one billion people resting on his shoulders.

From my perspective, if I was Sachin i would move to Norway, where instead of having the pressure of one billion people expecting me to succeed, I would have Samuel expecting me to succeed. I firmly believe that SRT handles the expectations of his country with amazing humility and calmness.

And he takes up football as a side sport he will have people from Norway expecting him to do well.

What really gets up my nerve is that if he doesnt score a ton for say a couple of innings his form is questioned. When Hayden scored that 380 there werre banners up saying 'Tendulkar 381, or Tendulkar 400'.

Jonny Wilkinson and Brian Lara go through a similar thing.

Beware the lollipop of mediocrity. Lick once and you suck forever...

RIP Fardin Qayyumi, a true legend of CW

Originally Posted by Boobidy

Bradman never had to face quicks like Sharma and Irfan Pathan. He wouldn't of lasted a ball against those 2, not to mention a spinner like Sehwag.

Originally posted by Craig Jonny Wilkinson and Brian Lara go through a similar thing.

And Lara doesn't have Dravid, Ganguly and Laxman.

Sreesanth said, "Next ball he was beaten and I said, 'is this the King Charles Lara? Who is this impostor, moving around nervously? I should have kept my mouth shut for the next ball - mind you, it was a length ball - Lara just pulled it over the church beyond the boundary! He is a true legend."

Originally posted by Richard Still, he does have Gayle, Chanderpaul and Sarwan.

Until last year, Chanderpaul struggled to score hundreds. Sarwan has really only come into his own since the Sri Lanka tour. Gayle still hasn't reached his full potential. Basically, the Lara fail=team fail equation lasted for the better part of a decade and yet Lara maintained an average of 50.

It's a fact that the Indian batting lineup is stronger than the West Indies lineup, and that's not just due Sachin.